Christmas Craft Fair
Save the date – November 19, 2016!
Come to 20th Christmas Craft Fair hosted by Deaf-Blind Club.
Notice to vendors – there are few tables left to rent. Come and show your handmade items or display your business.
Chairperson: Karen Ursulak
Hewlett Packard Casting Call
We are casting for a Hewlett Packard Commercial and are looking for a young Deaf man to play the brother of a fellow in a band. It is about their strong friendship!
We are hoping to find an actor, but it could also be someone who is just really confident and comfortable and would like to try something new! Aged between 15-25. It is a union job and well paid for the lucky guy who lands the gig!
If you go to our Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/VancouverCasting/you will see the posting which would be easy to share.
You could also check out our Casting Call page: http://www.vancouvercasting.com/casting-call—project-hewlett-packard.html
Please email us at info@VancouverCasting.com with any questions and our team will get back to you as soon as we can. If you have Any ideas for us as to where we might search, we’d love to hear them!
Walt Whitman’s Secret – The Frank Theatre
Presentation House Theatre presents
the frank theatre company
Walt Whitman’s Secret
By Sean O’Leary
Directed by Jack Paterson
WHEN: October 13-23, 2016
October 13 @ 8pm: Preview
October 14 @ 8pm: Opening
October 15, 19, 20, 21 (ASL-interpreted), 22 @ 8pm
Oct 16 & 23 @ 2pm
WHERE: Presentation House
333 Chesterfield Ave, North Vancouver
TICKETS: $15-$28, on sale now at www.phtheatre.org
Coast Salish Territories/Vancouver, BC – the frank theatre company’s 20th anniversary season mainstage production, the world premiere of Walt Whitman’s Secret, opens October 14th 2016 at Presentation House in North Vancouver. Adapted by playwright Sean O’Leary from the acclaimed novel by Vancouver-based Canadian literary luminary George Fetherling, Walt Whitman’s Secret mines the life of the most influential poet in the American canon for insights about creativity, sexuality, relations between the sexes and the often-irreconcilable tensions between idealized love and how love actually manifests. Was Whitman – one of history’s most eloquent versifiers on romantic love – ever able to attain the kind of love he wrote so forcefully about?
“Walt Whitman’s Secret is a beautiful play about love in all its many aspects, and the power and pull of poetry,” says frank Artistic Producer Chris Gatchalian. “It’s a play written in the classic realistic tradition and a costume drama to boot, quite unlike anything the frank has ever done before. But at the same time it’s cast the way all of the frank’s shows are cast – reflecting the diversity of 2016 Vancouver, one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world.”
Starring Tom Pickett in the role of Walt Whitman, with Adele Noronha as Anne, Kamyar Pazandeh as Pete and Conrad Belau as Horace.
About the frank theatre company: Formerly Screaming Weenie Productions, the frank theatre company’s mission is to explore what it means to be queer, and the place of queer individuals in society, by creating, developing, producing and presenting theatrical work that places queer issues on a global canvas. These are works wherein issues of queer marginalization intersect with racism, classism, and sexism. the frank is primarily a text-based theatre company, trusting in the ability of the playwright to wrestle with these questions. For more information: thefranktheatre.com
Defty Gala Awards
Defty Gala Awards: Filmmaking for Youth Excellence is moved to MAY 2017 to coincide with the Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival. Details to be announced soon
ASL Home Share Provider
ASL Home Share Provider –Separate Suite Required
Our organization is currently seeking a family care/home share provider to provide care and support in their home to a young man who is deaf and has a developmental disability in the Vancouver, New Westminster, Burnaby, and Surrey areas. Candidates must be available to provide ongoing daily support and have access to a reliable vehicle. Prospective care providers should have a separate suite available in their home. The ideal candidate would be fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). Candidates must be comfortable working with occasional behaviours, and should have at least one year of experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities. They should have a very patient, caring and compassionate disposition.
If you wish to be considered, please submit a resume and cover letter to tasha@striveliving.ca or by fax to 604-936- 9003, Attn: Tasha. In the cover letter, please specify/describe the accommodations you have available.
Canada in a Day
DeafBC.ca proudly presents Jodi Birley as an ASL-speaking ambassador for a very exciting film project called “Canada In A Day” led by CTV and Bell Media.
CIAD will be a CTV special created entirely from footage made by Canadians in one day, over 24 hours, and will reflect our thoughts, hopes, and lives. It will be a celebration of Canada for our 150th anniversary. After September 10th, you will be able to upload your video clips on their site.
They want everyone to contribute. People like you. So do we!
On September 10th we encourage you to show them “the beauty of our sign language that coexists all over our nation.” It can be a special occasion or simple moments. It can be anything that matters to you.
Let’s show them:
What you love…
What you fear…
What you hope for…
What Canada mean to you…
Watch video in ASL: https://canadainaday.ca/ambass
CAV-VRS: August 2016 Update
SRV Canada VRS is coming! Registration will open Sept. 28th!
Currently we are still “Beta” testing the new VRS platform and the user apps, and we are getting valuable feedback from a group of very helpful Deaf users. Thanks to all of our Beta Testers!
VIs and Customer Service Representatives are also participating in the Beta Test, so they will be ready to support you when VRS is launched.
Beginning September 28th, CAV will notify everyone that VRS is ready and you will be able to download apps, register and start making calls. The notice will be emailed to everyone who has signed up for updates.
Detailed instructions will be provided to help you with the download and registration process. In the meantime, if you’ve not yet signed up or viewed our new website, please go to www.srvcanadavrs.ca. This website has information you’ll need as a VRS customer. Now is the time to review technical and equipment requirements for the service.
Stay tuned for news about the exciting official service launch of SRV Canada VRS in September. You can feel the excitement growing for this historic time in our community!
We’ll be in touch again soon!
